VOLUME LXIV NUMBER 2 
THE 
BOTANICAL GAZETTE 
AUGUST 1917 
A SURVEY OF THE HAWAIIAN LAND FLORA 
VauGHAN MacCaucHEY 
(WITH FIVE FIGURES) 
The Havahan Archipelago has long been known to the scientific 
world as a peculiarly isolated island world with many extraordinary 
- biological features. The remoteness of the group from continental 
areas, the exclusively volcanic nature of tk , the extreme 
specialization of many plant and animal forms—these and many 
other unique conditions have given p ar interest to the a 
biological problems of Hawaii i (fig. I). | oe 
~ prominent characteristics and elem Jand 
_ floras The timeliness of such a mivey ie ndiek to all who have oo 
_ followed the researches of recent years in the various | oe 
of natural science, as these studies have i in many instances neces- a 
